I. Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

1. When you want to buy a house in Britain you can ___ a ___.

2. The type of house which you choose to live in depends on your ___.

3. The detached house is a house which is not ___ to another building.

4. Life in small places is not ___, as it may seem to some outside visitor.

5. Many ___ attend classes in the evenings which are connected with their ___.

6. Great numbers of people in Britain, especially women, spend much of their free time working together for ___.

7. Many charity workers on Remembrance Day ___ red paper flowers on the coats of passers-by who put money into charity boxes.

8. A very British reality is the fish and chip shop, also known as the ___.

II. Complete the sentences with the best answer (a, b or c).

1. Most pubs are

a) owned by a brewery where beer is made.

b) open late into the night.

c) like big restaurants where you can order anything you like.

2. Darts is a game

a) which is played on the fields in summer.

b) in which feathered arrows called darts are thrown at a board.

c) in which lots of money is lost.

3. Much social contact takes place

a) during the summer holiday when adults visit each other.

b) in big cities where the clerks and office workers meet each other at lunch time.

c) in people's homes on Sundays.

4. Today there is a tendency at parties

a) to take your seat at the table and stay there all throughout the evening

b) to take the food and drinks at a buffet and move around talking to many people.

c) to have tea and take some small sandwiches from the kitchen ta­ble for the rest of the evening.

5. Families who have children

a) often organize children's parties at which games are organized for quite a lot of children.

b) usually take the children to the seaside.

c) organize tea for the guests, and then serve the children.

6. Basically the British like to live

a) in separate houses of three types.

b) in flats with all modern conveniences.

c) near the sea where the air is so clean and fresh.

III. Are the statements true or false? Correct the false statements.

1. In recent years the percentage of people who have their own houses has decreased greatly.

2. Basically people in Britain live in two types of houses: detached and semi-detached.

3. It is difficult nowadays to get to work in the industrial centres from the small villages in the countryside.

4. Local schools organize evening classes only for those who wish to prepare for examinations.

5. The local churches do not play any role in organizing the life of rural communities.

6. The British people have the experience of good organization and they work in various committees to achieve their aims in helping others.

7. Public libraries are not well developed in Britain.

8. The British are quite indifferent to their small gardens where plants grow in disorder.

9. Dancing and pop music festivals are very popular in the north of England, but not in the south.